From: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>
To: Theodore Tso <tytso@thunk.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH 6/8] inode-diet: Move i_cindex from struct inode to struct file
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:33:35 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060619193335.GL27946@ftp.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060619153110.075342000@candygram.thunk.org>
On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 11:20:09AM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote:
> inode.i_cindex isn't initialized until the character device is opened
> anyway, and there are far more struct inodes in memory than there are
> struct file. So move the cindex field to file.f_cindex, and change
> the one(!) user of cindex to use file pointer, which is in fact simpler.
NAK. Please, take it to the union into cdev part.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-06-19 19:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-06-19 15:20 [RFC] [PATCH 0/8] Inode slimming Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 15:20 ` [RFC] [PATCH 1/8] inode_diet: Replace inode.u.generic_ip with inode.i_private Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 17:17 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-06-19 19:09 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-06-19 19:37 ` Theodore Tso
2006-06-20 9:43 ` Steven Whitehouse
2006-06-20 11:45 ` Arnd Bergmann
2006-06-20 12:34 ` Steven Whitehouse
2006-06-20 13:53 ` Arnd Bergmann
2006-06-20 15:01 ` Brian F. G. Bidulock
2006-06-20 15:04 ` Brian F. G. Bidulock
2006-06-20 12:29 ` Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 15:20 ` [RFC] [PATCH 2/8] inode-diet: Move i_pipe into a union Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 17:19 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-06-19 19:06 ` Theodore Tso
2006-06-20 15:23 ` Brian F. G. Bidulock
2006-06-21 1:45 ` Theodore Tso
2006-06-22 9:03 ` Brian F. G. Bidulock
2006-06-19 15:20 ` [RFC] [PATCH 3/8] inode-diet: Move i_bdev " Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 15:20 ` [RFC] [PATCH 4/8] inode-diet: Move i_cdev " Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 17:20 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-06-19 15:20 ` [RFC] [PATCH 5/8] inode-diet: Eliminate i_blksize and use a per-superblock default Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 15:49 ` Avi Kivity
2006-06-19 16:55 ` Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 15:58 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-06-19 16:16 ` Joel Becker
2006-06-19 17:20 ` Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 18:55 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-06-19 22:13 ` Mark Fasheh
2006-06-21 19:41 ` Nate Diller
2006-06-19 17:03 ` Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 18:56 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-06-19 16:01 ` Joel Becker
2006-06-19 17:06 ` Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 21:45 ` Joel Becker
2006-06-19 22:14 ` Mark Fasheh
2006-06-19 15:20 ` [RFC] [PATCH 6/8] inode-diet: Move i_cindex from struct inode to struct file Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 19:33 ` Al Viro [this message]
2006-06-19 19:37 ` Al Viro
2006-06-19 20:58 ` Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 21:51 ` Stefan Richter
2006-06-19 15:20 ` [RFC] [PATCH 7/8] inode-diet: Use a union for i_blocks and i_size, i_rdev and i_devices Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 15:20 ` [RFC] [PATCH 8/8] inode-diet: Fix size of i_blkbits, i_version, and i_dnotify_mask Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 16:54 ` [RFC] [PATCH 0/8] Inode slimming Christoph Lameter
2006-06-19 19:09 ` Theodore Tso
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-06-21 12:51 [RFC] [PATCH 0/8] Inode diet v2 Theodore Tso
2006-06-21 12:51 ` [RFC] [PATCH 6/8] inode-diet: Move i_cindex from struct inode to struct file Theodore Tso
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